Spephen Surname

5,587,209th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 12 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Spephen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Spephen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
Malaysia21:14,747,112316,340
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Spephen (46) may also be a first name.

Spephen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Spephen Come From? nationality or country of origin

Spephen is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Spephen? popularity and diffusion

The last name Spephen is the 5,587,209th most widespread surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 42 percent of Spephen reside; 42 percent reside in North America and 42 percent reside in Anglo-North America. Spephen is also the 1,484,914th most frequent first name world-wide, borne by 46 people.

The surname Spephen is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Oyo, where 75 percent are found and Akwa Ibom, where 25 percent are found. Not including Nigeria this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 33 percent are found and Malaysia, where 17 percent are found.

Spephen Last Name Statistics demography

Spephen earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 23.52% less than the national average, earning $33,000 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Spephan861/
Spephney806/
Suebphen801/
Supephan801/
Spephany801/
Speven773/
Sepfen770/
Sopeephan752/
Spephanie751/
Sopeephun751/
Spefeno711/
Spaphan711/
Supaphan67157/
Supaphon6727/
Sapaphun6715/
Sopaphan6714/
Suebphan677/
Sopaphon676/
Sapaphan676/
Sopaphun676/
Supaphun672/
Suppphun671/
Sopiphan671/
Spafn500/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Spephen
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